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cthulu2016

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19. I just want to know who "we" is.

Reply to cali (Original post)

Fri Aug 2, 2013, 06:22 PM

Aug 2013

“I think the President has a very real time-line, and we hope it’s going to be very, very soon.”

The longer you ponder it, the weirder it gets.

If the president has a very real time-line (and one assumes he is aware of his own very real time-line) then who is "we" in that sentence?

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Kerry misspeaks 2x ; said drone attacks to stop soon in Pakistan. Nope. [View all] cali Aug 2013 OP

Joe Biden's foot must have been in his mouth. kenny blankenship Aug 2013 #1

The large print giveth, the small print taketh away Fumesucker Aug 2013 #2

I've never heard that before- love it. did you coin that expression? cali Aug 2013 #3

It's a slight twist on a prayer I learned in church as a child Fumesucker Aug 2013 #4

i learned it from Tom Waits Enrique Aug 2013 #9

disingenuous of Crowley to assume these are gaffes Enrique Aug 2013 #5

could well be, but I'd place the blame on the State Department cali Aug 2013 #7

I think most are planned out. kentuck Aug 2013 #13

This is nonsense. The media fixation on trying to create a gaffe. ProSense Aug 2013 #6

Bullshit is bullshit Aerows Aug 2013 #10

What the hell does whether you believe it or not have to do with the point? n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #11

Oh, I'm sorry Aerows Aug 2013 #15

the nonsense is what YOU post. cali Aug 2013 #12

Yeah, but Aerows Aug 2013 #16

Nonsense, "very soon" means what? ProSense Aug 2013 #17

Vague statement is vague Aerows Aug 2013 #18

The point isn't about whether or not the statement is "vague." n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #20

So, "very very soon", but no timeline NuclearDem Aug 2013 #8

Very, very soon... yes, once we figure out the cheapest way to blow shit up from space, hughee99 Aug 2013 #14

I just want to know who "we" is. cthulu2016 Aug 2013 #19